From 7c0c2f83a3c7de03be9c5206e0e028ea3d845623 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: yctct Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2025 17:49:53 +0200 Subject: Remove blurb on sophistry --- index.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.md b/index.md index e033990..bd1a9e5 100644 --- a/index.md +++ b/index.md @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ PS: These are other flyers: [low-data website](/low-data_website.pdf), [low-data *Last updated in April 2025.* -When I see a website that is unnecessary sophisticated, I feel I am being mislead. +

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-When I see a website that is unnecessarily sophisticated, I feel I am being mislead. For the ancient Greeks thought of sophists (that is the root of sophisticated) as rethoricians who (mis)lead his public to believe something through a fallacious-yet-convincing reasoning. The etymology dictionary says early usage of sophisticate in English circa 1500 implied "altered dishonestly." In my mind, sophisticated resonates with bamboozling. +Image credit: *white rabbit* by le marteau rêveur.

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